This has become a problem though. I went into an auditorium the other day and found that there was a lot of trash in the masking motor(under the screen). That masking motor does not work any more.

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We vacumn the entire theatre several times a week. Daily we pick up the big stuff, then sweep out the isles and pick up the pop corn and dirt into a pan, bag it, and send it to the dumpster. On weekends or any really busy day the entire auditorium is vacumned out row by row after the big stuff was picked up.

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The idea of some dust getting on the seats is reasonable, but I suspect the dust problem relates to the location more than anything else. Sandy or loamy areas would logically have more dust than areas like Vermont in winter, where dirt becomes mud when mixed with snow, and is walked off across the lobby.

In any event, seats should be steam extracted regularly. Molds and dust mites can build up on such fabric.

You cannot clean a dirty floor with water that is dirtier than the floor.

I've seen janitors closets where the cleaners were saving the mop water from one day to the next.

Neil, those screens can be cleaned. I can guarantee you that if I were region leader, the janitors would be stopping entirely, paying for screen cleaning out of their contract or wages, or be on the street. Once the screens were cleaned at their expense, they would be allowed to try using blowers again, stopping at the fourth row back from the front. They would very clearly know what would happen if they got lazy again. Mis-use of blowers and damage of property is grounds for termination, no ifs, ands, or buts.

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A sad state of affairs. I was mentioning to another film-techer recently how the circuits screw themselves by not having district managers to set and maintain standards. A good DM will save and earn at least double their salary in nipping problems like this in the bud and demanding a customer friendly set of theatres. There is no way region leaders who must see to their own location can do this properly. Been there, done that, would flat out refuse if asked to do it again.